The Life and Times of Alaskan Howard Rock

At Howard Rock's birth, a shaman predicted that he would become a great man. Born in 1911 in a sod igloo in Point Hope, an ancient Eskimo village, Howard became an accomplished artist and crusading newspaper editor who helped to defend his people from a controversial Atomic Energy Commission proposal to excavate a harbor near his native village with an atomic blast. Art and Eskimo Power chronicles the life of this influential and artist, editor, and founder of the Tundra Times—under whose leadership the newspaper helped to organize Alaska’s native people to press their aboriginal land claims before Congress, which ultimately led to their being awarded over $1 billion and 40 million acres.

“By working with Howard Rock, through excellent research and conversations with those who knew him intimately, Lael Morgan brings to life the Inupiaq hero who provided a voice for Native Alaskans when there was none."—William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, author of Fifty Miles from Tomorrow

Joan M. Antonson, Alaska State Historian

"As editor of the first statewide Native newspaper, Howard Rock was critical to Alaska Natives’ fight for their rights and fair settlement for their land claims. Lael Morgan can write a story well. Alaska historians have selected Art and Eskimo Power for inclusion in The Alaska 67: A Guide to Alaska’s Best History Books (2006)."—Joan M. Antonson, Alaska State Historian

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